Amy A. Claxton (Board of Advisors)

Amy Claxton, P.E. is a registered professional Chemical Engineer and owns a consulting company named My Energy. Her clients include publicly traded and privately held oil, gas, lube and wax companies, as well as law firms and other energy-consulting firms. With thirty years in the refining industry, her lube base oil and wax expertise includes raw materials selection; manufacturing processes and economics; global supply and demand; and competitor analysis. In addition, she has 2 decades of experience involving gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, economics, and intellectual property and licensing.

Prior to starting her own company in 2001, Ms. Claxton worked for Dow Chemical, Exxon, and ExxonMobil. Her assignments included plant engineering and managerial positions in chemical plants and refinery fuels, lube base oil and wax units. She managed technical services for Exxon’s 500,000 barrel per day refinery in Baytown, Texas, with oversight of 100 employees including chemical, mechanical, civil and environmental engineers.

Over her twenty year career at Exxon / ExxonMobil, Amy held senior corporate staff positions involving crude supply and trading, fuels cracking economics, and lube base oil, wax, and GTL economics, global market analysis, and project planning. During the Exxon - Mobil merger, Ms. Claxton was a Corporate Advisor, providing lube base oil and wax training tutorials for senior officials and lawyers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Exxon, Mobil, and outside law firms.

Amy speaks regularly at global industry conferences and presents timely updates on topics of interest to the lube base oil, wax and gas-to-liquids industries. She also teaches base oil industry training courses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. She is known for her ability to explain technical information in a concise and jargon-free manner.

Ms. Claxton holds a B.Sc., Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from Texas A&M University College Station, TX.  Amy is a member of he American Institute of Chemical Engineers and has performed graduate studies in organo-metallic chemistry and physical chemistry.